They are the best food for your probiotics. Why? They are the 'fertilizer' that helps them grow.

Prebiotic is soluble fiber that stimulates the growth of beneficial gut microbiota.

This is very different from insoluble fiber, which the human digestive system can't digest. Insoluble fiber has the ability to speed up the process of elimination but it doesn't really contribute nutritionally in the way that soluble fiber does.

Our Perfect Pass Prebiotic is made of PHGG -partially hydrolyzed guar gum. This type of soluble fiber ferments slowly and is ideal to maintain a healthy microbiome.

Prebiotics alter the composition of organisms that are found in the gut microbiome.

Prebiotics are actually soluble fiber. As with all fiber, it also goes through the small intestine unchanged. It dissolves in water, and is readily fermented in the colon producing beneficial gases and physiologically active byproducts.

A prebiotic is not a probiotic. A probiotic is comprised of bacteria strains. A prebiotic, however, is different. It is food fiber that grows in plants and that's what the good bacteria in the gut thrive on. Yes, they are actually the fuel for the bacteria’s own growth. It is here that some remarkable and wonderful things begin to happen that strengthen digestive function.

What Foods are high in Prebiotics?

The prebiotic fiber content by weight in shown in the brackets and is followed by the amount of food that is needed to get 6 gm of soluble prebiotic fiber:

Raw chicory root (64.6%) – 1/3 oz

Raw Jerusalem artichoke (31.5%) – 3/4 oz

Raw dandelion greens (24.3%) – 1 oz

Raw garlic (17.5%) – 1.2 oz

Raw leek (11.7%) – 1.8 oz

Raw onion (8.6%) – 2.5 oz

Cooked onion (5%) – 1/4 lb, or 4 oz

Raw banana (1%) – 1.3 lb

Chicory root – 41.6 g/22.9 g

Jerusalem artichoke – 18 g/13.5 g

Dandelion greens – 13.5 g/10.8 g

Garlic – 12.5 g/5 g

Leek – 6.5 g/5.2 g

Asparagus – 2.5 g/2.5 g

Banana – 0.5 g/0.5 g

Note: Inulin content is altered by cooking, although not significantly, some of it is converted into fructose, as in the case of making agave nectar.